Chorizopesoides orientalis (Simon, 1909)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015535

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Distribution: India, China, Vietnam

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Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f - (Levi, 1964a)
  • Holotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India f (3218/18) of Chorizopes khanjanes - (Dutta et al., 2026b)
  • Paratype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India j (3218/18) of Chorizopes khanjanes - (Dutta et al., 2026b)
Taxonomic References
Chorizopes frontalis orientalis Simon, 1909e: 119 (Df) Original description
Chorizopes orientalis Levi, 1964a: 214, f. 21-26 (f, elevated from subspecies)
Chorizopes khanjanes Tikader, 1965b: 95, f. 3a-c (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015530]
Chorizopes khanjanes Tikader, 1982a: 159, f. 297-301 (f)
Chorizopes khanjanes Yin, Wang & Xie, 1994: 5, f. 1-8 (f)
Chorizopes khanjanes Yin et al., 1997d: 216, f. 134a-h (f)
Chorizopes khanjanes Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 262, f. 154L-N, 155G (f)
Chorizopes khanjanes Yin et al., 2012: 628, f. 306a-g (f)
Chorizopesoides orientalis Mi & Wang, 2018: 83, f. 4A-D, 5A-C, 6A-E (Dm, f, T from Chorizopes)
Chorizopesoides orientalis Dutta et al., 2026b: 243, f. 14-22 (f, S of Chorizopesoides khanjanes)
References

Dutta, S., Sudhin, P. P., Sen, S. & Banerjee, D. (2026b). The genus Chorizopesoides Mi et Wang, 2018 (Aranei: Araneidae) from India, with the description of a new species. Arthropoda Selecta 35(2): 239-244. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.35.2.09 -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1964a). Redescription of the type species of the spider genera Artonis, Chorizopes and Mecynidis (Araneae: Araneidae and Linyphiidae). Annals of the Natal Museum 16: 209-214. -- Show included taxa

Mi, X. Q. & Wang, C. (2018). Chorizopesoides, a new genus of orb-weaver spider from China (Araneae: Araneidae). Oriental Insects 52(1): 79-87. doi: 10.1080/00305316.2017.1347843 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1909e). Etude sur les arachnides du Tonkin (1re partie). Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique 42: 69-147. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. (1965b). Studies on some little-known spiders of the family Argiopidae from India. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Science 62(B): 92-96. -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. (1982a). Part 1. Family Araneidae (= Argiopidae). Typical orb-weavers. In: The fauna of India. Spiders: Araneae. Vol. II. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, pp. 1-293. -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Yan, H. M., Bao, Y. H., Xu, X., Tang, G., Zhou, Q. S. & Liu, P. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press, Changsha, 1590 pp. -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M., Wang, J. F. & Xie, L. P. (1994). Two species of the gen. Chorizopes from China (Araneae: Araneidae). Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Normalis Hunanensis 17(Suppl.): 5-8. -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M., Wang, J. F., Zhu, M. S., Xie, L. P., Peng, X. J. & Bao, Y. H. (1997d). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae. Science Press, Beijing, 460 pp. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2026-06-26 Species distribution update Dutta et al., 2026b Old value
2026-06-26 New taxonomic reference entry Dutta et al., 2026b
2018-01-21 New taxonomic reference entry Mi & Wang, 2018
2018-01-21 Species transferred to new genus Mi & Wang, 2018 Species transferred from Chorizopes to Chorizopesoides
2018-01-21 Species distribution update Mi & Wang, 2018 Old value
2018-01-21 First description of male Mi & Wang, 2018 Old value

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